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Re:I Am Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator. AMA by nikcub on Saturday March 19, 2016 @02:21AM (#11317565)
All but one of the accounts was created before Jason tweeted about it.

and i've been around here long enough to know that even when outsiders do link to threads you don't get 50%+ green comments without sockpuppets

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Re:I Am Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator. AMA by BinaryIdiot on Saturday March 19, 2016 @02:55AM (#11317621)
> All but one of the accounts was created before Jason tweeted about it.

What about before Sam tweeted? What about any other outlets that linked to HN?

> and i've been around here long enough to know that even when outsiders do link to threads you don't get 50%+ green comments without sockpuppets

Sounds like, instead of relying on data, you already have your narrative set so it doesn't really matter what anyone says. Do you have data that shows this has happened in the past like you claim? If so, what are the correlations between those instances and this one? How do you control between fake accounts and accounts created due to an influx of traffic regarding a topic many are interested in?

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